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OWNER'S MANUAL
Projection Television
®
Owner's Record
50A60 50A60A The model number and serial number
are on the back of your TV. Record these
numbers in the spaces below. Refer to
55A60 55A60A
these numbers whenever you communicate
with your Toshiba dealer about this TV.
55A60R 61A60
Model number:
61A60A 61A60R Serial number:
© 2000 TOSHIBA CORPORATION
All Rights Reserved
Index Appendix Using the TV’s Setting up Using the Connecting Introduction
Features your TV Remote
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Important Information Precautions WARNING Installing your TV TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO • Place the TV on the floor or on a sturdy platform. The NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. mounting surface should be flat and steady. If you install the TV on a soft floor, make sure that the floor is not damaged by the weight of the TV. • Place the TV far enough away from the walls to allow proper ventilation. This will prevent the TV from overheating and avoid possible da
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Using the V-CHIP menu ............................................... 27 Introduction................................................................ 4 ENABLE BLOCKING .......................................... 27 Welcome to Toshiba ......................................................... 4 TV RATING Exploring your new TV ................................................... 4 (Independent rating system for broadcasters) .......... 27 Connecting your TV ...........................................
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MENU RESET Introduction Welcome to Toshiba Congratulations! You have purchased one of the finest projection TV’s on the market. The goal of this manual is to guide you through setting up and operating your Toshiba TV as quickly as possible. This manual applies to models 50A60, 50A60A, 55A60, 55A60A, 55A60R, 61A60, 61A60A, and 61A60R. Before you start reading, check your model number by looking at the rear of the TV. Model 50A60 is used in this manual for illustration purposes. Instructions are b
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Connecting your TV ANTENNA Coaxial Cable If you have not connected electronic equipment before, or you have been frustrated in the past, you may wish to read this section. (Cables AUDIO are not supplied.) Cables • A coaxial cable is the standard cable that comes in from your antenna or cable converter box. Coaxial cables use “F” VIDEO Cable connectors. • Audio and video cables are usually color coded according to use: yellow for video and red and white for audio. The red audio cable S-VIDEO Cabl
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Connecting a cable converter box This connection allows you to view a separate or different picture on your PIP when you use a converter box to view premium channels. Keep your TV selected to ANT 2 and tuned to channel 3 or 4 (whichever channel is vacant in your area). Then use the converter box to change channels. You will need: • two coaxial cables TV From Cable Note: You cannot view premium channels in the PIP window. ANT( 75 ) AUDIO CENTER CHANNEL IN PIP swap is not available with this co
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Connecting a DVD player or satellite receiver and a VCR This connection allows you to watch DVD/satellite, VCR, and TV programs. You can record one TV channel while watching another channel. You will need: • one coaxial cable • two pairs of audio cables (one single and one pair of audio cables for a mono VCR) • one video cable • one S-video cable Note: Stereo VCR For better picture quality, use an S-video VIDEO AUDIO cable instead of a regular video cable From Cable LR between the TV and DVD pla
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Stereo VCR IN from ANT OUT to TV VIDEO AUDIO From Antenna LR IN CH 3 OUT CH 4 TV ANT( 75 ) AUDIO CENTER CHANNEL IN ANT-1 Note: ON OFF OUT To play from the DVD player, the DVD player OUT VAR and TV must use ColorStream connections. RL AUDIO S-VIDEO ANT-2 To record from the DVD player, set the DVD Y VIDEO VIDEO player and TV to Video-1 and the VCR to L/ L/ MONO L CB MONO LINE IN. AUDIO AUDIO AUDIO CR R R Caution: R COLOR STREAM VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 INPUT IN DVD IN OUT The unauthorized recording of
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Connecting a camcorder This connection allows you to watch video materials recorded on a camcorder. You will need: • one pair of audio cables • one video cable Camcorder Caution: If you have an S-VHS camcorder, use an S-video cable (in the S-video jacks) instead of a regular video cable between the TV and camcorder. VIDEO AUDIO OUT Do not connect a regular video cable and an L S-video cable to Video-3 at the same time. R TV Connecting an audio system This connection allows you to use an audio am
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Connecting an A/V receiver This connection allows you to use an audio/video (A/V) receiver to enhance your TV’s sound. If you have a system with Dolby Pro Logic* surround sound, you can add to the realism of the sound by using the TV speakers as center channel speakers. You will need: • one pair of audio cables • one video cable • one audio cable for the audio center channel To A/V receiver Caution: To avoid damaging the speakers, turn off the Video TV Center From TV before connecting or disconn
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MENU RESET Using the remote control Note: Preparing the remote control for use Your TV’s remote control may or may not With the remote control, you can operate your TV, most VCR operate your VCR or cable TV converter. models, and cable TV converters together, even if they are different Refer to the owner’s manuals supplied with brands. If you will be using your TV with a Toshiba VCR, your your other equipment to see which features remote control is already programmed and ready to use. If you own
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MENU RESET To control a cable TV converter: Program the remote control to recognize the brand of your RECALL converter. The shaded buttons shown on the right will control the LIGHT RECALL POWER cable TV converter. POWER TV CABLE MUTE TV/VIDEO TIMER Set the TV/CABLE/VCR switch to the CABLE position. VCR TV/CABLE/ VCR Switch 12 3 Programming the remote control for use with a CH Channel yz VCR or a cable TV converter 45 6 Channel 78 9 This remote control is pre-programmed to operate Toshiba VCRs. T
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VCR code table Brand name Code number Adventura 019 Jensen 060 Quasar 054,096 Aiko 297 JVC 027,060,086 Radio Shack 019,056,344 Aiwa 019 Kenwood 057,060,086 Radix 056 Akai 060,068,080,125, KLH 091 Randex 056 261 Kodak 054,056 RCA 061,079,084,096, American High 054 Lloyd 019 124,125,168,221 Asha 259 Lloyd’s 227 Realistic 019,054,056,065, Audiovox 056 Logik 091 066,067,081,085, Beaumark 259 LXI 056 123,259 Bell & Howell 123 Magnavox 054,058,100,129, Ricoh 053 Brandt 206 168 Runco 058 Broksonic 140,
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Cable TV converter code table Brand name Code number ABC 020,022,026,027, Samsung 059,163 030,032,033,036, Scientific Atlanta 025,027,036,296 066 Signal 034,059 Antronix 041 Signature 030 Archer 041,058,172 SL Marx 059 Belcor 075 Sprucer 040 Cable Star 075 Standard Cabletenna 041 Components 174 Cableview 041 Starcom 022,034,066 Century 172 Stargate 034,059 Citizen 172 Starquest 034 Colour Voice 044,050 Sylvania 020 Comtronics 059,079 Teleview 059 Contec 038 Texscan 020 Dae Ryung 027 Tocom 031,03
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MENU RESET Learning about the remote control POWER turns the TV on and off (pages 12, 36) TIMER sets the TV to turn off automatically (page 36) LIGHT RECALL POWER RECALL displays time, status, channel, and rating information on-screen TV (page 42) CABLE MUTE TV/VIDEO TIMER VCR TV/VIDEO selects the video input source (page 34) MUTE turns off the sound (page 37) 12 3 CH LIGHT back-lights the remote control keys for 5 seconds 45 6 TV/CABLE/VCR switches between TV, Cable, and VCR modes (page
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MENU RESET Setting up your TV After you have installed the batteries and programmed the remote control, you need to set some preferences on the TV using the menu system. You can access the menus using the buttons on the TV or remote control. 1. Press MENU to display the menu system. CH MENU VOL VOL TV/ DEMO 2. Press x or • to select a menu. EXIT VIDEO CH 3. Press y or z to select an item. 4. Press x or • to select or adjust a setting. 5. Press ENTER to activate your setting adjustments. If you d
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MENU RESET Changing the on-screen display language You can choose from three different languages (English, French and CH MENU VOL VOL Spanish) for the on-screen display of adjustment menus and messages. TV/ DEMO EXIT VIDEO CH To select an on-screen display language: 1. Press MENU, and then press x or • until the SET UP menu appears. MENU yzx • 2. Press y or z to highlight LANGUAGE. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5
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MENU RESET Adding channels to the TV’s memory When you press Channel y or z, your TV will stop only on the channels stored in the TV’s channel memory. Follow the steps below and on the next page to program channels into the TV’s memory. Programming channels automatically Your TV can automatically detect all active channels and store them in its memory. After the TV has stored the channels in its memory, you can erase channels or add your favorite channels. If you use both ANT-1 and ANT-2 termina
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MENU RESET Adding and erasing channels manually After you have programmed the channels automatically, you can CH MENU manually add and erase specific channels. VOL VOL TV/ DEMO EXIT VIDEO To manually add or erase channels: CH 1. Select the channel you want to add or erase. If you are adding a channel, you must select the channel using the Channel Number buttons. MENU yzx • Channel yz 2. Press MENU, and then press x or • until the SET UP menu appears. 3. Press y or z to highlight ADD/ERASE. LIGHT
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MENU RESET Adjusting the color convergence This projection TV uses three separate TV tubes: red, green, and blue. The red, green, and blue images are projected onto the screen where LIGHT RECALL POWER they converge to form a full-color picture. You can see a clear picture TV CABLE MUTE TV/VIDEO TIMER only when the three images converge correctly. Convergence can drift VCR over time or if you move the TV. If you can see clear images on your TV screen, skip this procedure. 12 3 CH Make this adjust
